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testify

[tes-tuh-fahy]

verb (used without object)

testified, testifying 
  1. to bear witness; give or afford evidence.

  2. Law.to give testimony under oath or solemn affirmation, usually in court.

  3. to make solemn declaration.



verb (used with object)

testified, testifying 
  1. to bear witness to; affirm as fact or truth; attest.

  2. to give or afford evidence of in any manner.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  3. Law.to state or declare under oath or affirmation, usually in court.

  4. to declare, profess, or acknowledge openly.

testify

/ ˈɛɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to state (something) formally as a declaration of fact

    I testify that I know nothing about him

  2. law to declare or give (evidence) under oath, esp in court

  3. to be evidence (of); serve as witness (to)

    the money testified to his good faith

  4. (tr) to declare or acknowledge openly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • testifier noun
  • pretestify verb (used with object)
  • retestify verb
  • untestifying adjective
  • ˌٱپھˈپDz noun
  • ˈٱپˌھ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of testify1

1350–1400; Middle English testifyen < Latin ٱپھī to bear witness, equivalent to testi ( s ) witness + -ھī -fy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of testify1

C14: from Latin ٱپھī, from testis witness
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One witness never intended to testify against Kelly, the motion says, until she was approached by one of the people who allegedly stole those communications.

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Despite Padilla announcing who he was, and despite the fact that Noem has testified before his Senate committee, she claimed nobody knew who he was and that she thought she was being threatened.

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Weinstein’s retrial began April 23 and featured emotional testimony from Haley and Mann, who returned to the stand, plus Sokola, who did not testify against the mogul in the 2020 trial.

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Cerdán has been asked to testify in court after a judge suggested he may have acted with former party officials in improperly awarding public contracts in exchange for kickbacks.

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Ms Haley and Ms Mann both testified in the first trial against Weinstein, when he was found guilty.

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